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gtsteve 789

gtsteve 789

Well this turned out not to be a problem. The subsequent flowers did produce seed. All five stems started seeding as normal from the top and worked down slowly.

I am not sure if it was the move that prompted the flowering or just their age. But now 10 years latter we are still pulling out hundreds of C. mitis seedlings from around the yard and the flowering and seeds have reached their lowest nodes. No more flowers no more seeds and no more new leaves. I have cut off the lower dead seed spikes already.

And the palm is finally dying. The leaves are all dying back but most noticeably from the lowest/oldest first. A mere shadow of its former beauty.